mr. marc morial, president morial. [ applause ] >> thank you. what did you think? in the words of mr.est and a lot to think about. i appreciated that behind the statistics there were a lot of real people and real stories and real solutions that were presented today. to continue the solutions and the discussion, today we are launching the state of black america web series. we had an incredible group of panelists. i was privileged to moderate that panel. some of them are in the room. we covered confronting race and privilege, the state of black women, criminal justice reform, the state of black america at 40 and black votes matter. we invite you to please visit stateofblackamerica.org and check out the web series and share it. i want to thank the sponsors. thank you so much to aur partner at&t, comcast for their production of state of black america web series. interactive one and our gracious hosts here today at the museum. amazing, amazing building. my first time in here. the full report, stateofblackamerica.org includes thought-provoking essays from authors including elected officials

mr. marc morial, president morial. thank you. what did you think? [applause] ms. mr. morial, we don't finish a revolution by just thinking about it, right? so there's a lot to digest and a lot to think about but i appreciated that behind the statistics there were a lot of real people and real stories and real solutions that were presented today. and to continue the solutions and the discussion, today we're also launching the state of black america web series. we had an incredible group of panelists. i was privileged to be able to moderate that panel and some of them are in the room today. we covered topics from confronting race and privilege, the state of black women, criminal justice reform, the state of black america at 40 and black votes matter. so we invite you to please visit stateofblackamerica.org and check out the web series and share it. i want to thank the sponsors. thank you so much to our partner, at&t. thank you to comcast for their production of the state of black america web series. interactive one and our gracious hosts here today at the newseum. a

mr. marc h. morial. let's welcome him to the stage. [applause] mr. morial: thank you. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. i want to thank you for being here today and thank you to at&t as well as to the newseum for hosting us here today. of course i'm marc morial, president and c.e.o. of the national urban league and urban league movement. and as we've discussed, this year is the 40th anniversary of the state of black america. it was introduced by the legendary vernon jordan who was executive director of the national urban league from 1971 to 1981. vernon jordan spent his entire childhood living under the dehumanizing segregation of jim crow-era georgia. unable to imagine that one day, yes, one day a black man would be elected president of the united states. in his early years, and as a young lawyer, he was immersed in the struggle for civil rights. one of his very first cases was a successful challenge to the university of georgia's discriminatory admissions policies. the years of vernon jordan's tenure at the national urban league, the 1970's, were a period when the

mr. marc morial. let's welcome him to the stage. [applause] >> thank you. thank you.adies and gentlemen good morning to you that want to thank you for being here today and thank you to at&t as well as to the newseum for hosting this today. of course i am marc morial residency of the national urban leaguer and urban leaguer movement. as we have discussed this year is the 40th anniversary of the state of black america. it was introduced by the legendary vernon jordan who is the executive director of the national urban leaguer from 1971 to 1981. vernon jordan spent his entire childhood living under dehumanizing segregation of jim crow era georgia. unable to imagine that one day, yes one day a black man with the elected president of the united states. in his early years and as a young lawyer he was immersed in the struggle for civil rights. one of his first cases was a successful challenge to the university of georgia's discriminatory admissions policy. the years of vernon jordan's tenure at the national urban league in the 1970s for a period when the united states was co

marc morial, president marc morial. thank you what did you think? [applause]. in the words of mr. ind the statistics there are real stories and solutions that were presented today. to continue the solutions and discussion, today we are also launching the state of black america web series. we had an incredible group of panelists. i was privileged to be able to moderate the panel and some of them are in the room today. we covered topics from confronting race and privilege the state of black women criminal justice reform, the state of black america at 40 and black votes matter. we invite you to please visit state of black america.org and check out the web series and share it. i want to thank the sponsors. thank you so much to our partner at&t, thank you to comcast for their production of the state of black america web series interactive one, and and our gracious host here today at the museum, it's an amazing building , my first time here. the full report state of them black america.orc involves thought-provoking essays from several authors and leaders in business, economics and social

mr. biden addressed the national urban league and is introduced by the group's president, marc morial. >> let me thank all of you for three tremendous days in the nation capital for engaging, walking, speaking, talking and pushing the very important agenda for the people we serve. did yourselves a warm round of applause. le there are many important people here in the audience, i would be remiss if i did not take knowledge the pres fromof the congresswoman the great state of ohio and the city of columbus. [applause] the former secretary of labor and now, senior vice chair of the national arbor league board of trustees -- national urban league board of trustees. chicago when we met in and we asked the vice president to come, the vice president came. in 2014, when we met in cincinnati and we asked the vice president to join us, the vice president came and joined us. i am proud this morning once again to welcome to the national urban league, the honorable joe biden. now, as i prepare the main street marshall plan, i share with you during the release of the 2015 state of black america on tuesd